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  • #16
    No smoking on any aircraft in Australia, including on the flight deck.

    BTW, speaking to many of the old crew who did have smoking on the flight deck, most believe the ventilation system certainly was no-where near adequate to remove the smell, and you used to come off the flight stinking of smoke.

    Most airlines these days say no smoking on flight deck (although of course there are a few that still do)

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    • #17
      All the Chinese airlines allow there pilots to smoke, It bloody stinks in the cockpit.

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      • #18
        Originally posted by MCM
        BTW, speaking to many of the old crew who did have smoking on the flight deck, most believe the ventilation system certainly was no-where near adequate to remove the smell, and you used to come off the flight stinking of smoke.
        Having worked as a Loadmaster on the DC8F just before AC went smoke free there were a few pilots that smoked. I did a regular run to Managua Nicaragua and generally the Capt would ask before we left if anyone minded smoking on the flight deck. I always said "no" to smoking and I think there was only a couple of times one of them lit up. One Capt smoked a pipe and it was actually not bad.

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        • #19
          Originally posted by Brenden S
          All the Chinese airlines allow there pilots to smoke, It bloody stinks in the cockpit.
          Everything bloody stinks in China anyways, not a good reference..

          But seriously, how could a non smoking pilot be worried by someone smoking in the cockpit, when the real health issue is the amount of radiation charge he receives monthly, spending so many hours in a cockpit with no known effective protection against Gamma rays and others????

          Someone please explain how smoking in a cockpit could be of concerned??
          named after the king

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          • #20
            Originally posted by Kell Kong
            Someone please explain how smoking in a cockpit could be of concerned??
            Confined space and second hand smoke!

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            • #21
              In the days that smoking was allowed in Qantas aircraft it caused major problems with the air conditioning filters and especially the outflow valve. Unscheduled maintenance of the outflow valves has decreased significantly with the notable tar stains gone.

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              • #22
                Smoking on the flight deck can cause a lot of problems as well. My grandfather who flew the 757 and the A300 for Eastern told me about how the switches would be covered in a green slime from all the tobacco smoke, and how the AC system was all messed up too. After Eastern banned smoking in the cockpit there were a lot less problems with the switches.



                -Chris

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                • #23
                  Originally posted by Kell Kong
                  Everything bloody stinks in China anyways, not a good reference..

                  But seriously, how could a non smoking pilot be worried by someone smoking in the cockpit, when the real health issue is the amount of radiation charge he receives monthly, spending so many hours in a cockpit with no known effective protection against Gamma rays and others????

                  Someone please explain how smoking in a cockpit could be of concerned??
                  I don't think the thought crosses a pilots mind much...I've never even thought about Gamma rays...
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                  • #24
                    It always used to make me smile back when smoking was allowed in the cabin.

                    " Smoking or non smoking sir ?"

                    " Non smoking please"

                    .....and I get put in the seat immediately behind the smoking section !! As if the smoke magically stops at that point. I should add that I was a smoker myself at the time but refused to pollute a confined atmosphere.
                    If it 'ain't broken........ Don't try to mend it !

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